Regarding the Lewisohn concerts:
There are about 18 Stadium Symphony Orchestra concerts in the Voice of America Music Library Collection at the Library of Congress, which I just cataloged last week. They were recorded and broadcast on WNYC. They range from the summers of 1957-1960. Do a title search under "Lewisohn Stadium concert" in the LOC catalog (catalog.loc.gov) to find them.
Here are some highlights:
Performances by conductors Josef Krips, Alfred Wallenstein, Alexander Smallens, Max Rudolf, Julius Rudel, Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Chavez, Pierre Monteux, Alfredo Antonini, and Thomas Scherman.
Leonard Bernstein, John Corigliano, Sr., and Laszlo Varga appeared in Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
Piero Weiss playing Mendelssohn's first Piano Concerto; Michael Rosenker, playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in e minor.
Licia Albanese and Richard Tucker performing an all-Puccini program.
A couple of performances by pianist Henri Deering, including Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.
Claudio Arrau playing the Brahms first piano concerto.
Caveat: There is a some airplane noise on some of these performances.
Thom
Thomas Pease Project Cataloger, Voice of America Music Library Coll. Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Div. tpease@xxxxxxx
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